Exactly how I would handle this. It could quite possibly turn in to a magic moment for the both of you as teaching/learning moment. Gawd I love kids. Should have had a million of them.
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Anger management and rig repair
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Exactly how I would handle this. It could quite possibly turn in to a magic moment for the both of you as teaching/learning moment. Gawd I love kids. Should have had a million of them.
"Of course I like children... (long pause)... barbecued." An immortal line from a legendary performer.
The closest thing that I've ever seen to that was something that I did at about 3 years old, maybe 4. I remember it well. I got ahold of a black magic marker and ran all the second floor of our house, drawing a continuous black line on the walls everywhere. I got whipped pretty good for that, with a ladies hand mirror that broke and left shards of glass in my leg. The glass is still there to this day. I never did that again.
That's one of those lessons I mentioned in another thread that once experienced, doesn't let you forget.
One day, when my youngest daughter was about 3 or 4, we caught her pushing a butter knife into one of the slots on the AC wall receptacle. I thought a lesson was in order, So I prepared a bare ended line cord with a single strand untwisted from the wire bundle. I sat her at the kitchen table and explained the dangers of playing with power, and then shorted the single strand against the other conductor. It made a big pop and a nice blue spark.
The kid tore away from the kitchen and hid in her room, it startled her that much. She never played around receptacles after that; in fact, she was afraid to even plug anything in until she was about 12.
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I do try to back up my opinion with experience and real world examples. Sometimes they are funny, but sometimes they have a more tragic quality to them.
I do receive a lot of PM's asking for more information, more examples and especially WHY something is either good or bad. I absolutely understand that there are folks who are eager to learn, and I can't get away with being an anonymous source of bad (or dangerous) information. I try hard to provide honest, accurate, and useful information, though a few always seem to find fault in spite of the factual and science based nature of the information.
Jesus. That kind of brutality didn't fly even 40 years ago.
Weldwood contact cement works great with Tolex type coverings as well as carpet coverings (not that you would do that to an Ampeg). Mojotone for your proper grille cloth, no affiliation, my opinion.
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Nor my family either. However I have to wonder how a kid that young has access to a utility knife to begin with?
The speaker/cone repair part of this has been interesting/helpful for someone who has never had to deal with this - thanks for all of the input/details....
My better half (an attorney) worked for years in the juvenile justice/child projection world - and sadly I can assure you that although we will all agree that it is not tolerable - far far worse happens every day.
We can replace stuff and our friends here can teach use how to fix stuff.
People can be broken is ways that cannot be fixed.
This is even more true for the young.
My better half (an attorney) worked for years in the juvenile justice/child projection world - and sadly I can assure you that although we will all agree that it is not tolerable - far far worse happens every day.
We can replace stuff and our friends here can teach use how to fix stuff.
People can be broken is ways that cannot be fixed.
This is even more true for the young.
Regular rubber cement dries out and gets brittle over time.
JBL used to supply a tube of MEK based Bostik glue with their recone kits; it was a good glue; maybe too good when trying to clean up baskets for recones.
Later they went to a 3M scotch product, #1300 if I recall correctly. It was thinner and worked well for general repairs.
Later they went to a 3M scotch product, #1300 if I recall correctly. It was thinner and worked well for general repairs.
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The Bostik glue was strong and not very flexible, “significantly” solvent based so to speak.
The newer PVA based materials are water based and MUCH more flexible.
The newer PVA based materials are water based and MUCH more flexible.
It did for me. I was 12 and made a comment to my mom instantly knowing this is not gonna go well for me. Let me tell you, always check what's in your mother's hands before you do such things. My mother was hanging roller blinds at that moment. The next thing I knew I was wonked on top of the head with the blind. Funny thing is she hit me with the center of the blind and it split in two on my hard head. My brothers were absolutely no help as they were on the floor laughing. Even my mother cracked a smile at the moment. It didn't hurt at all. Of course I didn't let my mom know that.
Two top notch professionals/designers (Mr. Berg and Aged-Equine) have chimed in for the speaker part. I think it's pointless/useless to chime in. My unsolicited opinion.
